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May 25, 2012
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Synonyms for bourgeois

Noun

1. businessperson, bourgeois, capitalist
usage: a capitalist who engages in industrial commercial enterprise
2. bourgeois, burgher, commoner, common man, common person
usage: a member of the middle class

Adjective

1. bourgeois, capitalistic (vs. socialistic), capitalist
usage: (according to Marxist thought) being of the property-owning class and exploitive of the working class
2. bourgeois, conservative, materialistic, middle-class (vs. upper-class) (vs. lower-class)
usage: conforming to the standards and conventions of the middle class; "a bourgeois mentality"
3. bourgeois, middle-class (vs. upper-class) (vs. lower-class)
usage: belonging to the middle class
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